Victoria Azarenka
Victoria Azarenka (Belarusian: [Вікторыя Фёдараўна Азаранка] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help), Russian: Виктория Фёдоровна Азаренко; born 31 July 1989) is a Belarusian tennis player. She won the mixed doubles at the 2007 US Open and at the 2008 French Open. She won the singles at the 2012 and 2013 Australian Open. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she won a bronze medal in the singles and a gold medal in the mixed doubles. She is a former world number 1. As of 8 July 2013, she was the world number 3.[3] She was born in Minsk and lives in Monte Carlo, Monaco.[4]
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| Full name | Victoria Fyodorovna Azarenka | ||||||||||||
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| Country |  Belarus | ||||||||||||
| Residence | Manhattan Beach, California, United States | ||||||||||||
| Born | 31 July 1989
(aged 36) Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 2003 | ||||||||||||
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) | ||||||||||||
| Prize money | US$28,806,789 (7 May 2018)[1][2] | ||||||||||||
| Singles | |||||||||||||
| Career record | 484–181 (72.78%) | ||||||||||||
| Career titles | 20 WTA, 1 ITF[1] | ||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 1 (30 January 2012) | ||||||||||||
| Current ranking | No. 46 (18 March 2019) | ||||||||||||
| Grand Slam Singles results | |||||||||||||
| Australian Open | W (2012, 2013) | ||||||||||||
| French Open | SF (2013) | ||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | SF (2011, 2012) | ||||||||||||
| US Open | F (2012, 2013) | ||||||||||||
| Other tournaments | |||||||||||||
| Championships | F (2011) | ||||||||||||
| Doubles | |||||||||||||
| Career record | 138–55 (71.5%) | ||||||||||||
| Career titles | 7 WTA, 3 ITF | ||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 7 (7 July 2008) | ||||||||||||
| Current ranking | No. 158 (18 March 2019) | ||||||||||||
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |||||||||||||
| Australian Open | F (2008, 2011) | ||||||||||||
| French Open | F (2009) | ||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | QF (2008) | ||||||||||||
| US Open | 2R (2009, 2018) | ||||||||||||
| Mixed Doubles | |||||||||||||
| Career titles | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |||||||||||||
| Australian Open | F (2007) | ||||||||||||
| French Open | W (2008) | ||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | F (2018) | ||||||||||||
| US Open | W (2007) | ||||||||||||
| Team Competitions | |||||||||||||
| Fed Cup | 21–5 | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Last updated on: 14 January 2019. | |||||||||||||
Victoria Azarenka Media
Azarenka on a Belarusian postage stamp
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Azarenka at 2008 Wimbledon
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Azarenka competing at the 2009 French Open
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Azarenka at the 2010 US Open
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Azarenka playing at the 2011 Australian Open
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Azarenka (in left) with Olympic bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She and Max Mirnyi also won the mixed doubles gold beating Britain's Laura Robson and Andy Murray.
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Azarenka at the 2013 Southern California Open
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Azarenka at the 2015 Australian Open
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Azarenka at the 2016 Australian Open player’s party
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Career Prize Money Leaders" (PDF). WTA. 2016-08-29. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-04.
- ↑ Victoria Azarenka Career Statistics. wtatennis.com. http://www.wtatennis.com/players/player/11289/title/victoria-azarenka. Retrieved 2017-06-27.
- ↑ "wta rankings". Retrieved 11 June 2013.
- ↑ WTA profile
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